The Face Guide: Daily Maintenance

Daily-Maintenance: Make all the right moves.

Daily-Maintenance: Make all the right moves.

Wash your face as if it were made of silk fabric; using a gentle, circular motion, sweep cleanser upward from your neck and décolleté rather than vigorously rubbing and pulling. Applying too much pressure can yield a temporary rosy glow but can damage capillaries and stretch out skin in the long run.

Daily Maintenance: Choose the optimal product texture.

Daily Maintenance: Choose the optimal product texture.

If you have dry skin that feels taut and deposits flakes when a piece of tape is pressed against it, seek out creamy moisture-rich cleansers with soothing plant extracts like seaweed. Oily or acne-prone? Use a wash with exfoliating fruit extracts (papaya, grapefruit) or salicylic acid daily, and slough dead skin cells with a gentle scrub twice a week. If your skin is sensitive with patches of redness, look for a natural cleansing oil or nonlathering face wash void of dyes and perfumes.